Caleb ... 9 Month Stats

Has it really been 9 months already?! I cannot believe the summer is almost over let alone Caleb is three-quarters done with his first year. The time is flying by faster and faster and I am not so thrilled with that. I'll admit my current parent fail: I have YET to start ANYTHING for Caleb's baby book. So sad. Not a single photo has been printed. Not a single page laid out. In fact, the plastic wrap is still securely in place around the book. Sorry Caleb ... one day if you have children ... you'll understand how little time there is with one child let alone two. But I promise, before you graduate from high school, I'll have it done for you. :)

Height: 29" (75%)
Weight: 18lbs 12.5oz (25%)

At this age, David and Caleb were the same height but David was just under a pound heavier. Both are tall, skinny bean poles like their daddy. :) Thank goodness too.

Caleb is no longer ONLY army crawling. He's doing the traditional crawl too although you can tell when it hurts his knees on the hardwood because he'll either army crawl or stick his one leg up like David did. He is loving whole, soft foods more and more. He tastes everything first just like David did. He'll put it in his mouth, spit it out, put it in his mouth and spit it out. Usually the third time it stays in and he eats it. :P He LOVES hummus. He likes cracker pretzels. Avocado. Strawberries. Blueberries. Green beans. Chicken. Turkey. And yogurt melts. He has not taken a liking to cheese. So odd since that's one thing that David has LOVED the entire time. :)

He's babbling indiscriminately and squawking at us when he wants things. Case in point, he will begin yelling at you if he wants to feed himself and not have you feed him. LOL ... showing his independence early on I guess. He loves standing and pulls himself to stand quite easily. He's been crawling up the stairs for a few weeks now (since Aug 8th). In fact, he tends to head to the stairs as if to take himself to bed when it's past naptime or bedtime.

All in all he's growing quickly and just like he's supposed to. He has the best smile and his laugh is contagious and easy to get out of him. He's a flirt and absolutely ADORES his big brother, David. We can tell that as Caleb becomes more mobile and more active that David is loving this time even more. Because he's able to actually actively play with Caleb. Can't wait to see what the future holds for these two buddies ... I just hope and pray that they remain best of friends throughout their life even if they have different personalities. Because right now, I feel complete knowing my children are friends too.